Journeys

Each journey follows a meaningful story in American life that baseball helps us see unusually well. Begin with the opening journey, or look across the exhibit wall at what is already taking shape.

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Where We Make a Home

Community, Place & Belonging

Illustrated Chicago neighborhood sandlot at sunset with children entering the field. The artwork reads Where We Make a Home and asks how ordinary places become ours—and what we give to keep a community alive.

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Journeys Taking Shape

Spring Training is only the beginning. These are some of the journeys already taking shape.

A diverse group of players and fans enters a ballpark beneath the title Who Gets to Play? The artwork says that for much of American history, the answer depended on who you were—and then people began changing the answer. — Who Gets to Play?

Service members play baseball in a wartime setting beneath the title When the Country Calls, surrounded by references to duty, sacrifice, fairness, teamwork, and shared responsibility. — When the Country Calls

Workers, families, fans, and players gather outside Wrigley Field beneath the title Who Owns the Game? Children watch through a Knothole Gang fence beside signs about tickets, labor, public support, and community stake. — Who Owns the Game?

A night game at Wrigley Field brings together a scorekeeper, fans, a wheelchair user, coaches using tablets, and a data-rich scoreboard. A ballpark sign reads Human Judgment Meets the Machine. — Human Judgment Meets the Machine

People enter and gather at a ballpark at dusk amid signs of recovery, adaptation, support, second chances, and new opportunities beneath the title Still in the Game. — Still in the Game

A community gathers at Fenway Park for remembrance and support beneath the title When We Come Together. Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber references connect the ballpark to care, recovery, and collective memory. — When We Come Together

Families, firefighters, neighbors, dogs, bicycles, volunteers, and local businesses fill the streets around Wrigley Field beneath the title The Team and the Town. — The Team and the Town

Journalists, photographers, broadcasters, and digital storytellers work in a crowded press box overlooking a Chicago ballpark at sunset beneath the title Who Tells the Story? The artwork connects baseball journalism, free press, archives, and public memory. — Who Tells the Story?